ailt

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish alt (height, cliff), from Proto-Celtic *altos (compare Welsh allt).

Noun

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ailt f (genitive singular ailte, nominative plural ailteanna)

  1. (geography) steep-sided glen; ravine
Declension
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Declension of ailt (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ailt ailteanna
vocative a ailt a ailteanna
genitive ailte ailteanna
dative ailt ailteanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ailt na hailteanna
genitive na hailte na n-ailteanna
dative leis an ailt
don ailt
leis na hailteanna
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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ailt m

  1. inflection of alt (joint, juncture; alto):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

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Mutated forms of ailt
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ailt n-ailt hailt not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ailt f

  1. viola (string instrument of the violin family)
    Synonym: ailt-fhidheall

Mutation

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Mutation of ailt
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ailt n-ailt h-ailt t-ailt

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.